Thursday, November 29, 2018

Is it Chanukah time already folks? Feels like we just did this thing eleven months or so ago. The holiday falls roughly a month earlier this year than it did in '17, in case you were keeping score at home. Makes no difference, as I intend to spoil you (to the best of my ability) with an eight day barrage of cherished vintage records and extra special bootlegs. This annual exercise in the elevation of my blood pressure is your potential goldmine.

Starting in
2012, I decided to spread the goodies out over the eight nights of
Chanukah
(check out the preliminary details for 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.
This made sense on a couple of levels. For one, it gives me a
convenient excuse to share several mind-blowing "gifts" instead of just
one explosion on Christmas. Secondly, Chanukah represents
personal
relevance to me. We all know you were envious of
that boy down the block who had a yarmulke festooned to his head, who
was given the privilege of lighting the menorah, and of course, reveling
in eight glorious nights of presents. Once again, I'm paying it
forward. Previous Chanukah entries have featured Wire, Velocity Girl, Jellyfish, Husker Du and Redd Kross, but name recognition is hardly a guarantee. As in past years, there will definitely be familiar faces, but also
several participants that have never garnered face-time on W/O.

At the top of each Chanukah upload will be a thumbnail photo of a
menorah, with the appropriate number of lit candles to denote each
succeeding evening until all eight slots in the candelabra are occupied
on the concluding night, December 9th.

All of
this begs the question, "Has Wilfully Obscure been holding out on us for
the last 11 months?" Somewhat...but not quite. In short, the presents
I plan on revealing over the eight nights of Chanukah are of
considerably
high caliber. I
like to think that everything I share qualifies as good to excellent,
but to
paraphrase that sage Orwellian dictum, some are more equal than others.

Kindly bear the following in mind:

Look for the first Chanukah posting this Sunday evening, and then for the remaining seven nights 'round supper time all next week.

Mystery Monday will be taking a break this coming Monday (Dec 3rd) so as not to interrupt the continuity of the eight consecutive nights of the holiday.

If I can offer files in FLAC (in addition to standard
MP3) I will. If I don't post a FLAC download link for a certain title
you can assume it's not available in that format.